Turkey is encouraged by some major powers to militarily intervene in the events of Syria, but Ankara will not accept such a request, a Turkish political analyst tells Press TV.
“We witnessed a situation like this earlier in Iraq, but Turkey has repeatedly stated that it is against a military intervention. We witnessed that in Iraq too, as Turkey did not intervene,” said Hasan Kanbolat, the director of the Ankara-based Center for Middle Eastern Strategic Studies (ORSAM), told Press TV on Sunday.
“Turkey’s policy towards Syria is aimed at preventing a situation like Iraq,” Kanbolat added.
The political analyst went on to say that seeing a situation like Iraq in Syria “would mean increasing instability in the region.”
“Turkey is not considering any military intervention in Syria and will not consider that,” he further explained.
Kanbolat also warned that any military intervention by the West in Syria would throw the Middle East into chaos.
“The US intervened in Iraq. Was peace established there? Was bloodshed stopped? Of course not,” he concluded.
Syria has been experiencing unrest since mid-March, with demonstrations being held both in favor of and against President Bashar al-Assad.
Damascus blames “outlaws, saboteurs and armed terrorist groups” for the unrest, saying it is being orchestrated from abroad.
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via PressTV – Powers entice Turkey to meddle in Syria.
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